- Birthday
- 1981-04-07
- Place of Birth
- Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Dnipro, Ukraine]
Alina Abdullayeva
DirectingBiography
Born in the Ukraine, Alina moved to Baku, Azerbaijan when she was 17. She has an MA in scriptwriting from the Baku State University of Art and Culture. In 2004 she awarded a grant by AVANTI (training program implemented by FOCAL – Foundation for professional training in cinema and audiovisual media) to produce her debut short Try not to breathe (Berlinale Talent Campus 2004, Best Director at Salento Finibus Terrae Short FF 2007). In 2006 she worked as a 1AD in Veit Helmer’s feauture Absurdistan (Germany-Azerbaijan, World premier at Sundance 2008). MOTOR production is Independent company funded...